Body Mass Index and Arterial Stiffness Are Associated With Greater Beat-to-Beat Blood Pressure Variability After Transient Ischemic Attack or Minor Stroke

Stroke. 2021 Apr;52(4):1330-1338. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.031179. Epub 2021 Feb 16.

Abstract

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Keywords: blood pressure; body mass index; linear models; systole; vascular stiffness.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Blood Pressure*
  • Body Mass Index*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ischemic Attack, Transient / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Factors
  • Stroke / physiopathology*
  • Vascular Stiffness*